"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.
  • Indulge in ( আসক্ত হওয়া ) He indulge in drugs.

Idioms:

  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.
  • Ins and outs ( খুঁটিনাটি সব কিছু ) I know the ins and outs of the matter.
  • Up and downs ( উন্থানপতন ) There are ups and downs in a man's life.